Genesis 8:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ And that afternoon the dove came back to Noah. The dove had a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. This was a sign to show Noah that there was dry ground on the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a newly sprouted and freshly plucked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The dove came back to him in the evening, grasping a torn olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the waters were subsiding from the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.

Genesis 8:11 Cross References

Genesis 8:10

After seven days, Noah again sent out the dove.

Genesis 8:12

Seven days later, Noah sent the dove out again. But this time the dove never came back.

Romans 10:15

And before a person can go and tell them, that person must be sent. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [107]} say, “Beautiful are the feet of those people that come to tell good news.” {\cf2\super [108]}